Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet (1578–1631) was an English peer. Nicholas Tufton was the son of Sir John Tufton, and Christian Browne, the daughter of Sir Humphrey Browne,

Justice of the Common Pleas Justice of the Common Pleas was a puisne judicial position within the Court of Common Pleas (England), Court of Common Pleas of England and Wales, under the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Chief Justice. The Common Pleas was the primary court o ...

, by Agnes Hussey, the daughter of

John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (sometimes spelled Hosey, Husey, Hussie, Huse; 1465/1466 – 29 June 1537) was Chief Butler of England from 1521 until his death. He was a member of the House of Lords, and a Chamberlain to King Henry ...

, by his second wife, Anne Grey. Tufton represented

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in 1601, presumably through the influence of his father-in-law

Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter (5 May 1542 – 8 February 1623), known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician, courtier and soldier. Family Thomas Cecil was the elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, by hi ...

. Traveling north to welcome the new king to England, he was knighted by

James I James I may refer to: People *James I of Aragon (1208–1276) * James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327) * James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu * James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347) *James I of Cyprus (1334� ...

at Newcastle on 13 April 1603. He was then a justice of the peace in

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

and by 1611 a deputy lieutenant. He became a member of the

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in 1610. In 1624 he represented

as the senior Knight of the shire. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1625 and was created Baron Tufton, of Tufton on 1 November 1626. For the latter honour he paid £15,000 to the

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and possibly a further £5,000 to

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ( ; 20 August 1592 – 23 August 1628), was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts. He was a favourite and self-described "lover" of King James VI and I. Buckingham remained at the heigh ...

. He was created Earl of the Isle of Thanet on 5 August 1628. He owned

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, having purchased it in 1623. He died in at

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, Leicestershire on 1 July 1631 and was buried at his request at

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Family

He married Frances Cecil (d. 1653), daughter of

. They had 4 sons and 8 daughters, including: *

John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet (15 December 1608 – 7 May 1664) was an English nobleman and supporter of Charles I of England. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet, and Lady Frances Cecil, granddaughter of William Ceci ...

*Cecil (d. 1682) of

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married Mary Lloyd (d. 1684) *Elizabeth married

Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet (1598–1644) of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent, was an English antiquary and politician. Ancestry and childhood Dering was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Dering (d. 1636) of Surrenden Dering. His mother, Sir Ant ...

*Cicely (d. 1635) for whom her father's will provided a dowry of £3,000. *Mary married

Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet (1602 – April 1649) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626 and in 1640. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Bishopp was the son of Thomas Bishopp of Parham Park, ...

*Christian married William Milward of

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, Derbyshire *Diana married Sir Robert Curzon of

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, Oxfordshire, son of

Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet (13 November 1598 – 13 December 1686), of Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, was an English politician and landowner who served as a Member of Parliament from 1628 to 1629, then 1640 to 1648. A devout Presbyterian, he ...

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* , - 1578 births 1631 deaths Deputy lieutenants of Kent English MPs 1601 English MPs 1624–1625 16th-century English nobility Earls of Thanet Peers of England created by Charles I {{England-earl-stub